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Our Bodies, Ourselves

This volume presents the writings of 26 contributors—teachers, students, and administrators—who examine the rich terrain of personal and professional experiences related to whole person engagement in learning and teaching...

Professor’s Guide to Taming Technology

Edited by: Kathleen P. King, University of South Florida, Tampa Thomas D. Cox, University of Houston-Victoria (2011) Paperback version of this book 978-1-61735-333-8 Web Price: $35.00 plus $5 s&H per paperback copy (Reg. $45.99) Or email us to order your copy! Email= info@ transformationed.com Hardcover version of this book 978-1-61735-334-5 Web Price: $ 70.00 [...]

INTERNATIONAL HALL OF FAME

DR. KATHLEEN P. KING BEING INDUCTED APRIL 2011 On April 7, 2011 Dr. Kathleen P. King, professor of higher education at University of South Florida, Tampa will be among fourteen adult and continuing educators being inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education (IACE) Hall of Fame as the Class of 2011. The IACE Hall [...]

On the Road in 2011

From Florida, to New Orleans, Philly to Texas and Toronto, Kathy has been keynoting conferences, and faculty convocations as well as presenting at conferences. Find out where she will be next. Please Note: My schedule is mostly filled for fall 2011. I am booking only a limited number of engagements for spring 2012 and that [...]

Austin Event – Transformative Learning for the Masses

Austin, TX 1-27-11 “Ok, it was decidedly a challenge, but I am always ready for a new challenge!” says Dr. Kathy King, keynote speaker and university professor. Today Dr. Kathleen P. King spoke to a crowd of 100 people at the Texas Southwest Showcase at the Austin Convention Center. Her task, no small challenge indeed. [...]

On the Road with Dr. Kathy King — Fall 2010 Update

From PA to Florida, TX to California, Kathy has been keynoting conferences, faculty convocations and commencements. Find out where she will be next. Please Note: My schedule is filling fast for 2010-2011- I am accepting only a limited number of engagements this year. However I do have a few opening still. Contact me as soon [...]

USF Unveiled – Dr. King’s New University Home

After 13 years and building an international academic publication and research record at Fordham University in New York City, Kathy has taken the position of professor of higher education in a doctoral program at the University of South Florida in Tampa FL. In this brief article, she shares key points about this dynamic research I [...]

Faculty Success – Developing a Research and Publication Agenda

Anyone associated with higher education will acknowledge that tenure track faculty have to perform a fantastic balancing act. Compared to an administrative or line role in an organization, higher education faculty have tremendous autonomy and freedom. However, they face competing demands of many different (and good) opportunities, and for them the stakes are always high. Help is here! This article introduces a powerful strategy for staying on track in the research strand of this competitive journey.

Building a Research Agenda.

Strangely enough, when entering their first tenure track position, often the only research faculty has pursued is their one dissertation. Yes, that is one project over the course of years, with one massive "publication". Nonetheless, once on the tenure track, faculty have the demand looming over them to publish or perish- and they are solely responsible for their success or failure.

Research Topics.

The first step in taming this unruly situation is to consider the natural extensions or additions to your prior research. Or, if your research is not directly related to your department, the first step is to access a topic which bridges the two and will be respected by your colleagues, I like to use a large piece of paper and start writing topics in various areas of the sheet. This activity becomes the process of throwing your research ideas down on paper and seeing if there is a logical concept map among your prospective endeavors. Alternatively, one might have a pattern in mind from the start. If so, begin the concept map as a base structure and see how more activities would be connected to this established core or set.

Publication Goals.

Many faculty think that each research project results in a single publication: but seasoned researchers realize there are, in fact, many publishing opportunities to be extracted from ......